Engineering Project Report - A.F.R.O.

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Stardate – 0410.12

Official Project Report

Subject – Advanced Fluid Regulation Ordnance (A.F.R.O.)

 

For Review By – Enarrain Khre’Riov t’Rexan; Daise Erei’Riov tr’Psichore;

Daise’Dheno Erei’Riov N’dak

Composed By – Daise’Engineer El’Riov Laehval t’Temarr

 

 

 

Project Aim

To create a projectile spray device that will hamper and/or destroy the recently discovered gelatinous creatures by freezing their outer dermis in order to aid in capturing and/or purging the species from the planet.

 

 

Device Description

Though not typical of the normal disruptor weapons, the A.F.R.O. shares similar design aspects that make it easily adaptable as a weapon with little training. Preliminary ideas of the proposed weapon were too impractical to be used without extreme modification. Rather than use a standard issue rifle as the basis for the new ordnance, the engineering department has created something that can be used in both military tactics and practical applications.

 

The main bulk of the A.F.R.O. consists of a rectangular holding tank that will be used for storage of the freezing liquid. The tank itself is strapped to the back of the officer using the weapon. Reinforcement of all surfaces projects the wearer against spillage accidents. The tank is also insulated to protect the liquid within from outside forces that may cause it to erupt. Regulation devices keep the internal pressure constant, providing the needed forces to ejection the liquid when needed.

 

From the tank runs a pliable, insulated hose that leads into the expulsion gun. The tank’s natural vacuum keeps the liquid from pooling in the hose when not in use. One-way valves in the expulsion unit regulate the intensity of the liquid projectile and the amount of pressure allowed. Dials on the expulsion unit and the nozzle can be adjusted to change duration of the liquid stream and both the length and width of the coverage area.

 

 

Summary

Though the A.F.R.O. was designed to house and expel the freezing liquid presently needed by the dheno department, it can easily be modified to any other liquid expulsion applications. Though lightweight in design, it does have a shorter range than most other disruptor type weapons because of the extreme pressure needed to expel the liquid in controlled fashion. However, the amount of liquid it can hold is far superior to any other modified devices of its nature. Because of the many practical applications that can be foreseen using this same design, it is quite possible that the A.F.R.O. will be in use for some time. Engineering already has future plans for an even larger A.F.R.O. that will be sought after as a weapon of choice.

 

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